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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2008
Lutz Gerhard, Redmond, WA (US);
Radoslav P. Nickolov, Redmond, WA (US);
David M. Gedye, Redmond, WA (US);
Blaise H. Aguera, Redmond, WA (US);
Abraham Dunn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lutz Gerhard, Redmond, WA (US);
Radoslav P. Nickolov, Redmond, WA (US);
David M. Gedye, Redmond, WA (US);
Blaise H. Aguera, Redmond, WA (US);
Abraham Dunn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An image processing system embeds at least one image inside a second image. The images are displayed together as a composite image. The first and second images are each tiled and have image pyramids comprising representations at different resolutions formed for them. The image processing system allows a user to zoom into and out of the embedded image, to a desired depth, using its image pyramid.